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Post by agent817 on May 31, 2022 22:54:28 GMT -5
Being inspired by the AEW thread of Double or Nothing being their version of Wrestlemania, as well as started a thread about WCW's big shows, I also wanted to discuss this. My friend and I discussed this recently and I wondered about this. Being that Impact has very few PPVs these days, Slammiversary and Bound for Glory are the ones that have been around since the 2000s. They haven't had shows like Lockdown, Sacrifice, Against All Odds, Genesis, etc. for years.
Regarding these two, aside from the longevity of these two shows, Impact (as well as TNA before it) tried to sell these two off as big shows. Slammiversary is called as such because June of 2002 was when TNA (or NWA-TNA, as it was known at the time) had their first weekly PPV. Bound for Glory started in 2005, but I remember back when I followed TNA (to some extent, at least), they tried to make BFG into a big deal.
What do you think?
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Post by chazraps on May 31, 2022 23:23:11 GMT -5
Technically Bound For Glory as it's the show where the year's biggest storylines all culminate. However, historically Slammiversary has been the more memorable and better show. I liken it to the ECW calendar, Bound For Glory is November to Remember, but it's upstaged by Slammiversary's Heat Wave.
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Post by dpg on Jun 1, 2022 12:10:28 GMT -5
Technically Bound For Glory as it's the show where the year's biggest storylines all culminate. However, historically Slammiversary has been the more memorable and better show. I liken it to the ECW calendar, Bound For Glory is November to Remember, but it's upstaged by Slammiversary's Heat Wave. Exactly this, Slammi is always better and more fun. |
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Post by JoDaNa1281 on Jun 1, 2022 12:53:40 GMT -5
Being inspired by the AEW thread of Double or Nothing being their version of Wrestlemania, as well as started a thread about WCW's big shows, I also wanted to discuss this. My friend and I discussed this recently and I wondered about this. Being that Impact has very few PPVs these days, Slammiversary and Bound for Glory are the ones that have been around since the 2000s. They haven't had shows like Lockdown, Sacrifice, Against All Odds, Genesis, etc. for years. Regarding these two, aside from the longevity of these two shows, Impact (as well as TNA before it) tried to sell these two off as big shows. Slammiversary is called as such because June of 2002 was when TNA (or NWA-TNA, as it was known at the time) had their first weekly PPV. Bound for Glory started in 2005, but I remember back when I followed TNA (to some extent, at least), they tried to make BFG into a big deal. What do you think? While they're not actual PPV's anymore, since they only have 4 of those now, Sacrifice & Against All Odds are 2 of their Impact+/Ultimate Insiders Specials. They just had Sacrifice back in March & Against All Odds is the first big show after Slammiversary. |
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Post by agent817 on Jun 1, 2022 22:53:33 GMT -5
Now that I think about it, did they try to sell Lockdown as a big deal at one point? I mean it was more of a gimmick PPV as it was dubbed as an "all steel cage PPV." Of course, then you had Destination X, with the Ultimate X match (and in 2007, you had the "Elevation X" match, which was just a gimmicky scaffold match).
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